As far as tattoo hurting, I found that none of mine hurt, but I only have three…one on each shoulder blade and one on the inner ankle. However, I would suggest thinking long and hard about getting any type of matching tattoo or a tattoo that reminds you of your girlfriend. You never know what may happen in the future and tattoos obviously are more or less permanent. It could cause you a lot of grief in the future if something were to happen with your relationship and you have to look at that tattoo all the time. I was pretty young and had a small matching scar done with my then fiance and boy do I regret it now. I don’t think of it a lot but when i see the scar it just makes me think of how silly and young I was and how mean and cruel he turned out to be.

Personally, I always require one year minimum to think about getting any tattoos. And as a rule, I will not get any real person’s name or a tattoo that reminds me of a person. It may be a negative thought but I feel that real people can sometimes turn out to be not so good or end up stabbing you in the back so it’s best if I don’t put a permanent reminder on my body just in case.

Good luck with whatever you decide though. 🙂